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RULES AND REGULATIONS 



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BOARD OF EDUCATION 



— OF— 



Omaha, Nebraska, 



Revision of I900. 



1900. 
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INDEX. 



A 

PAGE 

Annual Report 19 

Attorney, duties of 25 

Advertising for Bids 33 

B 

Board of Education 10 

Bids 33 

C 

Classification of Pupils 62 

Committees 12-13 

Custodians, duties of 23 

Committees, duties of 27-32 

Contracts 36 

Committee Reports 37 

Contagious Diseases 58 

D 

Duties, Rights and Privileges of Members 26 

Duties of Committees 27-32 

Duties of Principals 45-51 

Duties of Teachers 51-54 

Directors of Kindergartens 56 

Duties of Special Teachers 57 

Duties of Pupils 57-61 



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E 

PAGE 

Election of Officers 16 

Expenditure of Money Guarded 37 

Examinations for Pupils 64 

Examinations for Teachers 67-71 

Examining Committee 66 

H 

High School Teachers 71-72 

High School Regulations 42-45 

Holidays 63 

J 

Janitors, how employed = 77 

Janitors, duties of 78-82 

K 

Kindergarten Regulations 55 

M 

Members of the Board 10-11 

Meeting 15 

Minute Books 32 

Military Instruction 44 

N 
Night Schools 66 

O 

Officers of the Board 9 

Organization 15 

Order of Business 18 



INDEX. 5 

P 

PAGE 

President, duties of 17 

Principal's Salaries 72 

Principals, duties of 45-51 

Pupils, duties of 57 

Permanent List of Teachers 65 

K 

Regular Meetings 15 

Rules, how amended 27 

S 

Standing Committees 12 

Special Committees 13 

Special Meetings 18 

Secretary, duties of 20 

Superintendent of Instruction, duties of 38-41 

Supervisor of Kindergartens, duties of 55 

Special Teachers, duties of 57 

School Terms 63 

School Sessions 63 

Salaries of Officers ., 26 

Salaries of Teachers 72 

Salaries of Principals 72 

Superintendent of Buildings, duties of....... ..74-77 

Salaries of Janitors 82-83 

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Treasurer, duties of 22 

Teachers, duties of 51-54 

Tuition Pees 58 

Teachers' Applications 61 

Teachers' Permanent List 65 

Teachers' Salaries 72 



BOARD OF EDUCATION 

OMAHA, NEBRASKA. 
...1900... 



OFFICERS, 



J. F. BURGESS, President, residence, 4208 Bur- 
dette St. Office, 246 Bee Building. 

N. M. HOWARD, Vice-President, residence, 3557 
Farnam St. Office witli Water Company, Bee 
Building Telephone 98. 

J. M. GILL AN, Secretary, residence, 4316 Grant 
St. Office, 505 City Hall. Telephone 649. 

A. H. HENNINGS, Treasurer, residence, 815 
North 43rd Street. Office, 1st floor, City 
Hall. Telephone 1330. 

CARROLL G. PEARSE, Superintendent of In- 
struction, residence, 2205 South 10th St. 
Office, 508 City Hall. Office telephone 1147, 
residence telephone 2357. 

H. J. BANKER, Superintendent of Buildings, res- 
idence, 1707 Center St. Office, 1817 Cali- 
fornia St. Telephone 1399. 

C. H. T. RIEPEN, Custodian and Inspector of 
Fuel and Supplies, residence, 2556 St. Mary's 
Ave. Office,12l7 Jackson St. Telephone 1680. 

CARL E. HERRING, Attorney, residence, 811 
North 42d St. Office, 422 First National 
Bank. Telephone 1281. 



MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
— 1900— 

BARNARD, J. C, residence, 1502 South 10th St. 

Office, 203 N. Y. Life. Telephone 860. 
BLACK, CHAS. E., residence, 1909 Webster St. 

Office, 1017 North 17th St. Telephone 592. 
BUCHANAN, A. A., residence, 3864 Charles St. 

Office corner 23rd and Paul Sts. Telephone 

1470. 
BURGESS, J. F , residence, 4208 Burdette St. 

Office, 246 Bee Building. 
BRUCE, E. E., residence, 1427 South 8th, St. 

Office corner 10th and Harney Sts. Resi- 
dence telephone F. 2624, office telephone 47. 
HAYWARD, CHAS. S., residence, 1313 South 

31st St. Office, 1114 Harney St. Telephone 

1204. 
HOWARD, N. M., residence, 3557 Farnam St. 

Office with Omaha Water Company, Bee 

Building. Telephone 98. 
JOHNSON, W. F , residence, 2524 Templeton St. 

Office, 606 Bee Building. Telephone 1533. 
LEVY, MORRIS, residence, 2037 Dodge St. 

Office with Nebraska Clothing Co., cor. 15th 

and Farnar. Sts. Telephone 1749. 
MOORE, J. C, residence, 1553 North 19th St. 

Office, 307 Brown Block. Office telephone 

438, residence telephone 1564. 
PENFOLD, H. J., residence, 3523 Howard St. 

Office, 1408 Farnam St. Office telephone 

1357, residence telephone 1161 . 



SMITH, ROBERT, residence, 2403 North 20th St. 
Office, 1403 Douglas St. Telephone 1019. 

TEAL, FREDERICK F., residence, 1041 Georgia 
Ave. Office, 402 Bee Building. Office tele- 
phone 2314, residence telephone A. 2531. 

THOMAS, B. F., residence, 3225 Poppleton Ave. 
Office, 305 New York Life. Telephone 513. 

WOOD, H. N., residence, 1034 South 29th St. 
Telephone 2229. 



STANDING COMMITTEES 
FOK 1900. 

BOUNDARIES— Bruce, Smith, Moore. 
BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY— Barnard, Ha}^- 

ward, Thomas, Wood, Levy. 
CLAIMS— Howard, Johnson, Teal. 
FINANCE— Pen fold, Wood, Howard. 
HEAT AND VENTILATION— Smith, Barnard, 

Johnson, Thomas, Levy. 
HIGH SCHOOL— Johnson, Hayward, Moore, 

Pen fold. Levy. 
JUDICIARY— Levy, Barnard, Thomas. 
KINDERGARTEN— Wood, Penfold, Howard, 

Moore, Teal. 
RULES — Buchanan, Black, Teal. 
SALARIES — Black, Buchanan, Bruce. 
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION — Teal, Buchanan , 

Bruce. 
SUPPLIES— Moore, Hayward, Smith, Howard, 

Bruce. 
TEACHERS AND EXAMINATIONS — Hay- 
ward, Wood, Smith, Penfold, Black. 
TEXT BOOKS — Thomas, Barnard, Johnson, 

Black, Buchanan. 



SPECIAL VISITING COMMITTEES. 

Members will pay especial attention , by occa- 
sional visits, to the schools placed opposite their 
names, as follows: 

BARNARD — Lincoln, Train, Gibson. 

BLACK— Kellom, Franklin, 

BUCHANAN— West Side, Walnut Hill, Clifton 

Hill. 
BRUCE— Farnam, Druid Hill, Saunders. 
HAYWARD— Cass, Pacific. 
HOWARD — Leavenworth, Bancroft, Forest. 
JOHNSON — High, Saratoga, Sherman. 
LEVY — Central, Columbian. 
MOORE— Long, Omaha View. 
PENFOLD— Castellar, Comenius. 
SMITH— Lake, Lothrop. 

TEAL — Webster, Monmouth Park, Central Park. 
THOMAS— Windsor, Dupont, Vinton. 
WOOD— Park, Mason. 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 15 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 



— OF THE- 



BOARD OF EDUCATION. 



THE ORGANIZATION. 

The Board of Education of the School District of 
Omaha consists of fifteen members, who are elected 
by the people. The term of office is three years, and 
five members pass out and five enter into office on th^ 
first Monday in January of each year, unless the 
number of vacancies should be increased by resigna- 
tion. 

A Quorum. 

Section 1. A majority of the Board is constituted 
a quorum; but a less number may vote to send for 
absent members and compel their attendance, to call 
the roll and record the names of absentees and to 
adjourn. 

The Regular Meetings. 

Sec. 2. The regular meetings of the Board «hall 
be held at the Board Rooms upon the first and third 
Mondays of each month. The time of meeting shall 
be 8:00 P. M. 

To Fill Vacancies. 

Sec. 3. Whereas, the Statute confers upon the 
Board authority to fill certain vacancies which occur 
in its membership, any such vacancy shall be filled 



16 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

by the vote of a majority of a quorum present, the 
vote being taken by roll call, each member, as his 
name is called, naming the person for whom he 
votes to fill such vacancy. In case a member of the 
Board having an unexpired term of more than one 
year shall leave a vacancy at a time more than ten 
days previous to the annual school election, the va- 
cancy shall be filled at the said election, the ballots 
and returns being designated: To fill unexpired 
term. 



OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 

How Eledted and Length of Term. 

Sec. 4. The members of the Board at their first 
regular meeting in January of each year shall elect 
a President and Vice President from their number, 
who shall serve for one year, or until their success- 
ors are elected. 

At their first regular meeting in July they shall 
elect a Secretary, a Custodian of Supplies and a Su- 
perintendent of Buildings, who shall serve for on^ 
year from the first day of August following their 
election, or until their successors shall be elected 
and qualified. 

At the second regular meeting in July, or as soon 
thereafter as may be practicable, the Board shall 
elect a Superintendent of Instruction. This election 
shall be for a term of one, two or three years, as 
may be decided by a majority vote of all the mem- 
bers of the Board, and the term of office shall begin 
with the first of August following the election. 

At their second regular meeting in January they 
shall elect an Attorney for the Board, who shall 
serve for one year from the first day of February 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 17 

following his election, or until his successor shall be 
elected. 

The City Treasurer is ex-officio Treasurer of the 
Board of Education. 



BUSINESS DEPAKTMENT. 



DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. 

Appointment of Committees. 

Sec. 5. At the first regular meeting after his elec- 
tion, the President shall appoint the Standing Com- 
mittees of the Board, as follows: 

Boundaries Three members 

Buildings and Property Five members 

Claims and Auditing Three members 

Finance Three members 

Heat and Ventilation Five members 

High School Five members 

Judiciary Three members 

Kindergartens Five members 

Rules, Forms and Printing Three members 

Salaries Three members 

Special Instruction Three members 

Supplies , . . . Five members 

Teachers and Examinations Five members 

Text Books and Course of Study. .... .Five members 

At the same time the President shall assign each 
member of the Board to, as nearly as possible, an 
equal number of schools, as visiting member for such 
schools. 



18 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

Order of Business. 

Sec. 6. The President shall call the Board to 
order at the hour appointed for the meeting and di- 
rect its proceedings. The order of business, unless 
the Board shall otherwise direct, shall be as fol- 
lows : 

1. Roll Call. 

2. Reading of the Record. 

3. Reports from the Secretary in writing. 

4. Reports from the Superintendent of Ins^ruc- 

tion in writing. 

5. Reports from the Superintendent of Buildings 

in writing. 

6. Reports from the Treasurer in writing. 

7. Reports from the Attorney in writing. 

8. Petitions and Communications. 

9. Reports of Standing Committees and Resolu- 

tions accompanying them. 

10. Reports of Special Committees and Resolu- 

tions accompanying them. 

11. Resolutions. 

12. Special Order of Business. 

13. Unfinished Business. 

14. New and Miscellaneous Business. 

. General Supervision. 

Sec. 7. The President shall call the attention of 
the Board to the provisions of the law for the gov- 
ernment of public schools, and shall have a general 
supervision of the business of the Board and the 
management of the schools, in accordance with the 
same. 

Special Meetings. 

Sec. 8. The President may call a special meeting 
of the Board whenever he may judge it to be neces- 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 19 

sary. Upon request of a majority of the members 
presented in writing witn a statement of the object 
in view, it shall be his duty to call such meeting. 
No business shall be transacted in a special meeting 
except that which is designated in the call, and the 
call must give notice in detail of each item of busi- 
ness it is proposed to consider or transact at such 
special meeting. 

Except in cases of emergency notice of a special 
meeting shall be issued at least twenty-four hours 
before the time fixed in the call. 

Appoint Auditing Committee. 

At least twice in each year the President shall ap- 
point an Auditing Committee of three members, 
whose duty it shall be to take an invoice of all the 
goods carried in stock at the Depot of Supplies, and 
to audit the books of the Custodian, reporting the 
results to the Board not later than two weeks after 
the appointment of the Committee. 

The President shall be a member ex-ofRcio of all 
Committees. 

. Appointment of Page. • 

At the first regular meeting of the Board in Jan- 
uary the President shall appoint a Page to serve the 
Board until his successor is appointed. The Page 
shall receive $1.00 for each session of the Board at 
which he renders service. 

The Annual Jxeport. 

Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the President, the 
Chairman of each General Standing Committee, the 
Superintendent of Instruction, the Secretary of th'a 
Board, and the Superintendent of Buildings to sub- 
mit, as soon as practicable after the close of the 
school year in June, reports of all matters which 



2U RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

have occurred during the preceding year in connec- 
tion with the schools or the school property pertain- 
ing to their respective positions or Committees, and 
the President shall cause to be printed before the 
end of the year such of these reports as he may 
deem important. 

DUTIES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT. 

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Vice President 
to perform all the duties of the President in case 
of his absence or disability. 

DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 

Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to 
attend the meetings of the Board ; to make a com- 
plete record of its proceedings and index the same; 
to file all reports and communications that are ac- 
cepted by the Board; to keep safely, in such cases 
as may be directed, all books, documents and papers 
belonging to the School District; to keep a full and 
fair account of all receipts and expenditures of the 
various School Funds and to report to the Board 
the condition of said funds whenever required; to 
purchase, as directed by the Board, or the Commit- 
tee on Supplies in emergencies ,and, on order ol 
the Principals of the Schools, to furnish all such 
supplies as may be allowed by the Board, and keep 
an exact account thereof with each School; to re- 
ceive all moneys that may be paid into the Board, 
including the state apportionment paid by the Coun- 
ty Treasurer, tuition of pupils, fines for damage to 
books, property, etc., and to pay the same over to 
the Treasurer, taking receipts therefor to be filed as 
vouchers among his papers. He shall notify all 
persons of their election to service on the Board, 
and all officers, teachers, janitors and others elected 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 2l 

by the Board. He shall notify each and every per- 
son who has anything to do with the making of re- 
ports or the compiling of statistics, which arc to 
form a part of the annual report, that all such in- 
formation must be in the Secretary's possession not 
later than September 1st of the current year. He 
shall notify members of the Board of special meet- 
ings called according to the rules, and perform such 
other duties as are prescribed by law, or may be re- 
quired by the Board. Before entering upon his du- 
ties he shall furnish a satisfactory bond in the sum 
of $10,000, for the faithful performance of his du- 
ties. 

The Secretary shall submit a report to this Board 
at the second regular meeting of each rnonth, show- 
ing the total receipts of the Board from the begin- 
ning of the year to the first of the month for whiclf 
the report is submitted, the total expenditures for 
the same period and the warrants outstanding at the 
beginning of the month. 

List of Books and Supplies. 

Sec, 12. The Secretary shall prepare annually, 
in the month of June, a list of books, stationery, and 
other articles required by the schools for the ensuing 
year. 

Sec. 13. The Secretary shall, under the direction 
of the Committee on Supplies, cause all books and 
other articles to be procured in sufficient quantities 
to meet the demands. He shall also see that all 
supplies ordered are delivered at the proper time 
and in good order at the various schools or at the de- 
pot of supplies. 

The Secretary shall furnish the Custodian with 
the cost price of all books, stationery and supplies 
carried in stock and distributed from the store. He 



22 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

shall also notify the Custodian when he has ordered 
any books, stationery or supplies to be delivered into 
the care of the Custodian, said notices stating the 
kind and quantity of books, stationery or supplies 
and the parties from whom ordered. 

Secretary to make Annual Statement. 

Sec. 14. The Secretary shall make up annually a 
statement of the numbers of all books, charts and 
cards supplied to the schools during the preceding 
year, which shall be reported to the Board at the 
first regular meeting in August. 

Requisition Books to he Provided for Each School. 

Sec. 15. The Secretary shall provide a suitable 
requisition book for the entry of all requests for sup- 
plies made by the Principal of each school. 

DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. 

Sec. 16. The City Treasurer is ex-officio Treasurer 
of the Board of Education. It shall be the duty of 
the Treasurer to take charge of School District 
funds arising from tax collections, receipts from po- 
lice court and other sources, as provided by the 
Statutes of the State of Nebraska, and to place the 
same in the proper account upon his books, and to 
pay out the same only upon warrants issued by the 
Board. He shall attend all meetings of the Board 
when so required, and shall at the beginning of each 
month furnish a statement showing the collections 
for the previous month, the amounts paid out and 
the balances in the various funds. He shall also 
furnish semi-monthly statements of the amount of 
mo»ey in his hands and the names of the banks in 
which the same is deposited, and any other informa- 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 23 

tion which may be reasonably required by the 
Board with regard to the School funds in his pos- 
session. Before entering upon his duties as treas- 
urer of the Board of Education he shall furnish a 
good and satisfactory bond, in such amount as the 
Board may require, as a guarantee for the propei 
performance of his duties and the safe keeping of 
the school district funds that may come into his 
hands during his term of office. 

DUTIES OF THE CUSTODIAN. 

Sec. 17. The Custodian shall have charge of all 
school supplies carried in stock at the Board of Edu- 
cation store, and shall keep an accurate account of 
the receipt and disbursement of the same. 

The Secretary shall require all invoices to be fur- 
nished in duplicate, the duplicate to be sent to the 
Custodian, who shall send the Secretary a receipt for 
all books and supplies delivered into his charge. 

The Custodian shall be furnished by the Secretary 
with samples of all supplies that he carries in stock, 
and shall report at once to the Secretary any and all 
goods that are not according to sample. He shall 
be furnished with samples of the various kinds of 
coal contracted for by the Board, and shall be, and 
is hereby empowered, to refuse to receive any and all 
coal that is not in accordance with sample. 

The Custodian shall be furnished with scales for 
weighing coal, and coal for use in the schools shall 
be weighed on these scales and carefully inspected 
by the Custodian before leaving his office. He shall 
advise janitors by means of samples in his office of 
the kind and quality of coal to which they are enti- 
tled, and instruct them to report to him any and 
all cases of inferior coal received by them, which 
may have escaped his inspection by reason of being 
pla■^3ed in the center of the load. 



24 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

After weighing each load of coal, the Custodian 
shall furnish to the teamster a weight voucher in 
duplicate showing the quality and weight of coal 
in each load. One of said weight vouchers to be de- 
livered to the janitor of the school for which th(^ 
coal is intended, and the other to be returned by 
the teamster after receiving the signature of the jan- 
itor, to the office of the coal company, where it shall 
be attached to the bill and delivered to the Secre- 
tary. 

It shall be his duty to notify the Secretary of the 
probable exhaustion of any class of supplies under 
his charge in time for the same to be renewed. 

The Custodian shall furnish the Secretary, at the 
close of each month, with a report, giving the value 
in money of the books, stationery, drawing supplies, 
kindergarten supplies, music supplies, and janitors' 
supplies received at the store during the month, also 
giving the value in money of the books, stationery, 
drawing supplies, kindergarten supplies, music sup- 
plies, and janitors' supplies distributed to the schoolu 
during the month; also the value in money of the 
stock on hand at the close of the month. , 

The Custodian shall prepare and submit to the 
Board not later than July 1st, of each year, hir 
annual report of the transactions of his office during 
the year in such form as to show not only the num- 
ber of books and the amount of the various kinds of 
stationery, supplies, etc., received and disbursec 
during the year, but showing also the cost in dollars 
and cents of all books, stationery and supplies, re- 
spectively, received by the Custodian during the 
year, and the cost in dollars and cents of all bocks, 
stationery and supplies, respectively, distributed to 
each of the schools; also the value in monev of all 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 25 

books, stationery and supplies, respectively, in stock 
at the store at the close of the school year. 

Before entering upon his duties as Custodian, he 
shall furnish a good and satisfactory bond in the sum 
of two thousand ($2,000) dollars as a guaranty ot 
the faithful performance of his duties. 

Distribution of Supplies. 

Sec. 18. All janitors' and principals' supplies will 
be furnished by the Custodian, upon order of the 
Principal countersigned by the Secretary. Each 
Principal to be furnished with the necessary order 
book for that purpose. 

Supplies shall be furnished to the various schools 
the first of each week school is in session, and at no 
other time except in case of emergency, when the 
requisition must be endorsed by the Superintendent 
of Buildings if it calls for janitors' supplies, and by 
the Superintendent of Instruction if it calls for Princi- 
pals' supplies, provided that all orders for fuel, ini- 
tial supplies for new buildings and supplies for the 
first school week of September shall be furnished 
when ordered. 

DUTIES OP THE ATTORNEY. 

Sec. 19. It shall be the duty of the Attorney of 
the Board to be present at all meetings of the Board, 
to inspect all contracts, bonds and other legal docu- 
ments in which the Board is interested, and approve 
or disapprove the legal form and correctness of the 
same; to advise the Board upon all legal questions 
that may arise with regard to the business of the 
district, and to take charge of all suits at law, as 
directed by the Board, in which the interests of the 
School District are involved. 



26 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

" SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND CLERKS. 

Sec. 20. The salary of the Superintendent of In- 
struction shall be $3,600 per annum. 

The salary of the Secretary shall be $1,800 per 
annum. 

The salary of the Superintendent of Buildings 
shall be $1,800 per annum. 

The salary of the Custodian shall be $900 per an- 
num. 

The salary of the Attorney shall be $500 per an- 
num. 

The salary of the Secretary's bookkeeper and the 
Superintendent's clerk shall each be $840 per an- 
num. . 

DUTIES, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF MEM- 
BERS. 

Sec. 21. Every member present, when a question 
is put, shall vote unless excused by the Board, and 
the sense of the Board shall be taken by yeas and 
nays and entered on record at the request of any 
member if made before the vote shall be announced. 

Sec. 22. After the call of the yeas and nays has 
been answered by any one member it shall not be in 
order for any member to offer remarks except in 
explanation of his vote; and no explanation shall 
be in order under the operation of the "previous 
question" or motion to lay on the table. 

Sec. 23. The "previous question" shall be admit- 
ted when tne motion is sustained by a majority of 
the members present, and until decided shall pre- 
clude all other motions or amendments, except the 
motion to adjourn. If the motion is sustained, the 
Chair shall at once put the question, first upon the 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 27 

pending amendments in their order, and then upon 
the main proposition. 

Sec. 24. It shall be tne duty of the members of 
the Board to exercise especial care over the schools 
to which thej!- shall be assigned and see that the 
rules of the Board with reference thereto are ob- 
served. 

They shall visit such schools at least once in two 
months, and it is the intention that so far as prac- 
ticable they shall be consulted concerning all mat- 
ters of improvements and repairs. 

AMENDMENTS TO THESE RULES. 

Sec. 25. Any addition to or amendment of the 
rules of the Board, or the regulations of the schools, 
shall be presented in writing at some regular meet- 
ing, lie over two weeks from the time of its intro- 
duction for consideration of the Committee on 
Rules, unless otherwise referred, and then require 
the affirmative vote of ten members of the Board in 
order to be adopted. These rules, or any of them, 
shall not be suspended without the affirmative votes 
of ten members for the suspension. 

Roherts' Rules of Order. 

Sec. 26. All questions arising for which no pro- 
vision is made in the rules of the Board shall be 
decided according to the parliamentary rules and 
usages for the government of deliberative bodies in 
conformity with Roberts' Rules of Order. 

DUTIES OF STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Boundaries. 

Sec. 27. This Committee shall revise the bounda- 
ries of districts, and report such changes as may be 



28 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

advantageously made. They shall see that measures 
for taking the enumeration and making returns of 
school statistics are properly executed as required by 
law. It shall be their duty to report to the Board the 
needs of such districts as require more rooms, and to 
recommend -such measures as they deem advisable 
for equally distributing the pupils in the several 
rooms and buildings. 

Buildings and Property. 

Sec. 28. The Committee on Buildings and Property 
shall have general supervision of all school sites and 
school buildings and shall report to the Board from 
time to time where additional sites and buildings are 
needed, and any alterations or repairs which in their 
judgment are advisable. They shall also certify to 
the pay roll of the Superintendent of School Build- 
ings on or before the evening of the first meeting in 
each month. 

Claims. 

Sec. 29. It shall be the duty of the Committee on 
Claims to examine every bill and claim presented to 
the Board for payment; to examine the Secretary's 
books once a year, and oftener if required. No claim 
for any amount of money due from the Board is to 
be paid or settled until it shall have been examined 
by them and approved by the Board. 

No bills or claims against the Board shall be pre- 
sented by the Committee on Claims, or allowed by 
the Board, at the first regular meeting of the Board 
in each month except the pay rolls of teachers, jani- 
tors and other employes, and bills for rent and other 
stated monthly liabilities of the Board. 

No bills or claims shall be presented by the Com- 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 29 

mittee on Claims, or allowed by the Board, at any 
special or adjourned meeting of the Board after the 
second regular meeting in each month. 

Finance. 

Sec. 30. It shall be the duty of the Committee on 
Finance to inform the Board from time to time as 
to the probable resources and expenditures of the 
Board, and to present to the Board regularly a state- 
ment at the second regular meeting in each month. 
The report submitted in December shall show the 
probable resources and expenditures for the ensuing 
year. It shall be their duty to maintain such insur- 
ance on buildings and other property as may be 
authorized by the Board. 

Heat and Ventilation. 

Sec. 31. It shall be the duty of the Committee on 
Heat and Ventilation to exercise general supervision 
of the heating and ventilation of the school buildings, 
and annually, before the close of the schools for the 
summer vacation to summit to the Board a list of 
janitors to serve during the ensuing year. 

They shall also inspect the heating apparatus in 
the schools, and report in February and June such 
changes, improvements or additions as seem to them 
advisable. They shall certify to the monthly pay 
roll of janitors. 

High School and Manual Training. 

Sec. 32. This Committee shall be the special guard- 
ian of the interests of the High School and Manual 
Training School. They shall have charge of the ex- 
aminations of pupils, fix the average for promotion, 
select scientific instruments and requisite appliances 
generally, and arrange the course of study, subject to 
the approval of the Board. They shall recommend 



30 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

the selection, changes and salaries of all teachers 
employed in the High School. It shall be their duty 
to visit the High School at least once each month 
during the school year. 

The High School Committee shall annually, before 
the close of the schools for the summer vacation, 
recommend to the Board for its action the names of 
the various teachers to be employed in tne High 
School for the following year, and the salary to be 
paid to each. 

Kindergartens. 

Sec. 33. The Committee on Kindergartens snail 
exercise a general care over the Kindergarten schools 
and shall recommend to the ±Joard, annually before 
the close of the schools for the summer vacation, a 
suitable person for Supervisor of Kindergartens and 
a list of directors and teachers for the same, for 
the ensuing year. This Committee shall also recom- 
mend such changes in the personnel of the corps 
of Kindergarten teachers as may seem advisable 
from time to time. They shall see that the 
Special Rules relating to Kindergartens are properly 
enforced, and shall as occasion requires, make such 
recommendations for the purchase of material and 
supplies as may seem to them to be for tne best in- 
terests of the schools. 

Rules, Forms and Printing. 

Sec. 34. The Committee on Rules, Forms and 
Printing shall annually revise the rules of the Board 
and recommend such changes as seem in their opin- 
ion advisable, and shall approve all forms of printed 
blanks. 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 31 

Salaries. 

Sec. 35. It shall be the duty of this Committee to 
enforce the strict observance of all rules and require- 
ments as to salaries of officers, teachers, janitors and 
others employed by the Board. For this purpose they 
shall inspect the pay rolls of employes, at some time 
during the months of September, April and June, at 
which times they shall adjust the salaries of teach- 
ers and employes in accordance with the rules of the 
Board. They shall report all irregularities and keep 
a record of their action, which shall be open to in- 
spection by any member of the Board. 

Special Instruction. 

Sec. 36. It shall be the duty of the Committee on 
Special Instruction to inform themselves as to the 
progress made in special studies; and they shall from 
time to time recommend the introduction or discon- 
tinuance of any special branch of study. 

Supplies. 

Sec. 37. It shall be ihe duty of the Committee on 
Supplies to have general supervision of the purchase 
of all supplies, stationery, text-books, fuel, furniture 
and fixtures, and to submit semi-annually at the first 
meeting in the months of June and December, an es- 
timate of requirements for the ensuing year. 

All material for repair work shall be ordered by 
the Committee on Supplies, on a requisition from the 
Superintendent of Buildings, approved by the Com- 
mittee on Buildings and Property. 

Teachers and Examinations. 

Sec. 38. It shall be the duty of the Committee on 
Teachers and Examinations to keep a record of the 
applications coming from teachers who are elegible 



32 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

to appointment. They shall annually, before the 
close of the schools for the summer vacation, recom- 
mend to the Board a list of teachers to be retained in 
its service; also a list of such teachers, not before 
employed, as they consider suitable for employment 
in the schools. It shall be their duty to be present 
some time during the examination of applicants for 
certificates, to acquire such information as is prac- 
ticable concerning the fitness of the various candi- 
dates for positions in the schools. 

The Committee on Teachers and Examinations shall 
not assign to positions as teachers in the schools 
any persons who have been dropped from the list of 
eligible teachers at the annual election of teachers 
in June. 

Text Books and Course of Study. 

Sec. 39. It shall be the duty of this Committee to 
examine and commend to the Board all text-books for 
use in the schools, to observe the modes of instruc- 
tion and courses of study, report every defect or 
abuse and recommend any changes which they may 
deem advisable, provided that no change of any text- 
book in use in the schools suall be considered ex- 
cept at the first regular meeting in August. 

Minute Books. 

Sec. 40. It shall be the duty of each and every one 
of the Standing Committees of this Board, at each 
and all meetings thereof, to enter in a minute book, 
provided by the Secretary for that purpose, a brief 
record of the proceedings, which record shall include 
the names of the members present, and all orders, 
recommendations and resolutions made and passed 
and such other matters and proceedings as the sev- 
eral committees shall deem proper; the said minute 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 33 

books to be the property of the Board and to remain 
on file in the offices of the Secretary and Superin- 
tendent of Instruction, the minute books of the Com- 
mittee on High Schools, Kindergartens, Special In- 
struction, Teachers and Examinations, Text Books; 
and the Examining Committee to be kept in the of- 
fice of the Superintendent of Instruction, and the 
minute books of the committees on Boundaries, 
Buildings and Property, Claims, Finance, Heat and 
\entilation. Judiciary, Rules, Forms and Printing, 
Salaries and Supplies, to be kept in the office of the 
Secretary. 



GENERAL RULES FOR BUSINESS 
DEPARTMENT. 

Must Advertise for Bids. 

Sec. 41. The Board shall advertise annually in the 
month of June, for five days, for proposals to fur- 
nish fuel, stationery and supplies at such Limes 
and in such quantities as may be suitable to the needs 
of the schools for the ensuing year. The advertise- 
ment shall state that blank proposals and lists of ar- 
ticles can be obtained at the office of the Secretary of 
the Board; also, the time at which the proposals will 
be received. The proposals shall state the lowest 
price for each article of the quality specified in the 
advertisement; and no one person shall be allowed to 
put in more than one bid. 

Opening of Bids. 

Sec. 42. All bids shall be opened at a meeting of 
the Board, or of the Committee authorized by the 
Board, due notice of such meeting having been givert 
to all those who may have offered bids. The Boarr 



34 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

shall award tlie contract for each article to the re- 
sponsible person proposing the lowest price for the 
same, reserving the right to reject any or all bids 
The articles shall correspond with the samples in the 
office of the Secretary and all the articles awardeli 
to any one party may be embraced in one contract. 

Miscellaneous Proposals. 

Sec. 43. All proposals for furnishing either labor 
or materials or supplies, or for selling school bites 
to the Board, must be sealed and addressed to tho 

Secretary of the Board, endorsed "proposal for ' 

(stating for what the proposals are intended), ana 
must be left with the Secretary of the Board at his 
office not later than the hour named and limited for 
receiving such proposals. Bidders and persons of- 
fering sites must sign their full names and addresses. 
Firms must, in addition to the firm signature, give 
the full name of each individual member composing 
the firm. 

Certified Checks or Cash. 

Sec. 44. All proposals of every kind, involving an 
amount exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), must 
be accompanied by appropriate deposits, as herein- 
after provided. Deposits may be required in cases of 
proposals involving two hundred dollars ($200) or 
less at the discretion of the Board. Deposits must 
be in the form of cash or of certified checks drawn 
upon some banking institution in good standing do- 
ing business in Omaha and made payable to the Sec- 
retary of the Board. A proposal involving an amount 
exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) and not ex- 
ceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), shall be ac- 
companied by a deposit of five per cent. (5) of the 
amount involved. Proposals of larger amounts shall 
be accompanied by a deposit of three per cent. (3), 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 35 

and proposals of smaller amounts than two hundred 
dollars ($200), shall be accompanied by such depos- 
its, if any, as may be required by the Board. No 
proposals for any purpose shall be considered unless 
accompanied by the deposit required. If any proposal 
shall be withdrawn before the conclusion of the sec- 
ond regular meeting of the Board following the re- 
ceipt of the proposal, the deposit accompanying it 
shall be subject to forfeiture and retention by the 
Board as liquidated damages. All deposits accom- 
panying proposals which shall not be accepted shall 
be returned immediately after the action of the Board 
relative to the subject-matter of such proposals. 

The Secretary shall receive all proposals which 
come to him in proper form, endorse upon them the 
dates of their receipt and then deposit them in en- 
velopes in the places provided therefor to await the 
action of the Board. All proposals shall be opened in 
open Board at any regular or special meeting called 
for the purpose, a quorum of the Board being pres- 
ent, or in the open meeting of any Committee re- 
ceiving authority from the Board, due notice hav- 
ing been given of such meeting to all persons inter- 
ested. 

Bids for furnishing either labor, materials or sup- 
plies, or for selling school sites to the Board as herein 
provided, or for the sale of bonds of the school dis- 
trict, shall be open to competition and shall be in- 
vited by advertising in such daily papers and trades 
journals as shall be selected by the Board. All bids 
are to be made subject to contract file. 

Acceptance or Rejection of Bids. 

Sec. 441/^. Upon the acceptance of any proposal, 
the Board or the committee to which the matter has 
been referred, shall have the right to require f^om 
the party or parties who made the proposals a writ- 



36 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

ten contract or a reasonable and satisfactory bond, 
or both, to secure a faithful compliance with tne 
terms of the proposal and full performance thereof. 
In case of a refusal to execute such contract or bond 
within a reasonable time, when required, the de- 
posit of the party or parties so failing or refusing 
may be forfeited or retained by the Board as liqui- 
dated damages. The Board shall likewise have the 
right to reject all bids or proposals of whatsover 
nature. 

Execution of Contracts. 

Sec. 45. All contracts entered into by the Board 
for the erection of any building, for supplying furni- 
ture, apparatus or fuel for any school building or for 
any other supplies, or for labor, the amount of which 
shall exceed two hundred dollars ($200), and all con- 
tracts for new work shall be approved by the Com- 
mittee on Buildings and Property and shall be signed 
by the President and Secretary of the Board. The 
person or persons entering into any contract with the 
Board shall be required to file a bond in an amount 
not less than half the amount of the contract for the 

faithful performance of such contract to the satisfac- 
tion of the Board. No contract shall be executed or 
bond accepted until its legal form has first been ap- 
proved by the Attorney of the Board and by the Com- 
mittee on Judiciary. And no contract shall be ex- 
ecuted or bond accepted unless tne sureties are citi- 
zens of Douglas County, Nebraska, and testify under 
oath as to their financial soundness, or guarantee 
companies approved by the Board shall give an in- 
demnifying bond if preferred. 

The Expenditure of Monet/. 

Sec. 46. No motion or resolution recommending 
the expenditure of money in excess of one hundred 



BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 37 

dollars, or the purchase of property, real or other- 
wise, or the making of a contract involving a money 
consideration in excess of one hundred dollars or the 
creation of a debt, shall be passed at the same meet- 
ing of its introduction, but shall be acted upon at 
the next regular meeting, provided this rule shall 
not apply to the regular reports of the Committee 
on Claims, recommending the payment of current bills 
properly examined and audited. 

Committee Reports. 

Sec. 47. Any Committee of the Board, to which 
shall be referred any resolution or other matter by 
the Board, shall be required to report the same back 
to the Board, either with or without recommendation, 
not later than the second regular meeting from the 
date of such reference, when the Board may grant 
the Committee further time (not later than the fol- 
lowing meeting), or make such other reference or 
disposition of the same as a majority of the Board 
may ietermine. 

Return of Documents. 

Sec. 48. It shall be the duty of all chairmen of 
committees and all other members or officers of the 
Board, to whom documents are referred for consid- 
eration, to return the same to the Secretary when 
they submit their report upon the matter under con- 
sideration or complete the work for which the refer- 
ence was made, so that the files in the office of the 
Secretary may be kept approximately complete. 



38 • RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 



DUTIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. 

Sec. 49. The Superintendent of Instruction is 
specially charged with the strict enforcement of the 
rules and regulations of the Board, a copy of which, 
together with the course of study, he shall have 
placed in each school room. He may be removed at 
any time for incompetency, unfaithfulness in the per- 
formance of his duties, arbitrary or improper con- 
duct, and willful neglect to conform to the rules and 
regulations, or special directions of the Board. 

To Bupervise the Work, of Instruction, Etc. 

Sec. 50. In conformity with the course of study, 
and the rules and regulations adopted by the Board, 
he shall direct and oversee the business of instruc- 
tion in the schools. He shall visit the schools as 
often as practicable, note the means by which their 
defects may be obviated and their efficiency pro- 
moted. He shall carefully observe the modes of gov- 
ernment and instruction pursued by each teacher, 
and whenever he doubts the qualification, efficiency 
or fitness of a teacher, he snail report the case, 
through the proper committee, to the Board for its 
action. He shall annually, before the close of the 
schools for the summer vacation, report in writing 
to the proper committees, the names of those teach- 
ers whom he recommends for re-election, the names 
of those whom he recommends for further trial upon 
the list of assigned teachers, and the names of those 
whom he recommends for dismissal from the ser- 
vice of the Board. 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 39 

To Prepare Blanks and Prescribe Rules for Reports, 

Etc. 

. Sec. 51. He shall prepare a system of blanks for 
registers and reports, and prescribe to teachers rules 
for keeping the same. These blanks must show the 
scholarship and actual attendance of each pupil, the 
number of those who are constant and uniform in 
attendance, together with the degree of irregularity. 
He shall ascertain and report the number of children 
attending schools other than public schools, and 
those who are not attending any school — discovering 
as far as practicable the reasons and remedies. He 
shall investigate the cause of truancy and irregular- 
ity on the part of pupils, and suggest such checks 
and remedies as he may deem feasible. In the in- 
vestigation of such matters, he may require the aid 
of the teachers. 

Shall Prepare Boundary Map. 

Sec. 52. He shall prepare for the use of the Board 
a map showing the districts allotted to each building 
and a list showing the number of enrolled pupils re- 
siding within each district and the grades to which 
they belong. 

Shall Attend Meetings. 

Sec. 53. He shall attend all the meetings of the 
Board and shall also meet, when r^iCiUesr.t^d, with any 
standing or special committee of the Board. 

Advise and Aid Teachers. 

Sec. 54. It shall be his duty to advise, iiid and en- 
courage teachers in their work, and to these ends 
he shall have power to require the attendance of the 
teachers at such times other than school hours, as 



40 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

he may designate. Teachers absent frjfxi or tardy 
at such rreetings shall be subject to the same penal- 
ties as may be prescribed for absence from or tar- 
diness at the regular sessions of school. 

Fix Time for Examinations. 

Sec. 55. He shall fix the time and prescribe the 
mode of every examination of papils for promotion 
from class to class, and determine the conditions 
thereof, in order that they may be equal and uniform 
throughout all the schools. In conducting said exam- 
inaMons and in ascertaining the results he may re- 
quire the aid of such teachers as iie may call upon 
for the purpose. 

Shall Classify Pupils. 

Sec. 56. He may make such assignments of pupils 
to the different buildings as may improv'3 their classi- 
fication and lessen the expense of maintaining the 
schools in accordance with the rules of the Board. 

Submit Monthly Reports. 

Sec. 57. He shall submit to the Board, at its first 
regular meeting in each month, a written reporc for 
the preceding month, showing the condition of the 
schools, noting especially all rooms or schools hav- 
ing less than thirty-five or more than fifty-five pupils. 
At the close of each year he shall prepare and sub 
mlt to the Board, an abstract from the reports of the 
teachers. He shall annually, as soon as possible after 
the close of the schools for the summer vacation, and 
not later than the first meeting in September, make a 
report to the Board of the progress and condition 
of the schools, and recommend such general meas- 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 41 

nres as in his judgment may seem desirable for their 
improvement. 

He shall show in November of each year ttie de- 
mand which may exist for increased school accommo- 
dations for the children of the city. 

Shall Present Teachers Pay Rolls. 

Me shall at the close of each month approve and 
present to the Committee on Claims, the pay roll for 
teachers, noting the cases of absence and tardiness. 

Assign Teachers. 

Sec. 58. He shall, after consultation with the 
proper Committeea, assign the teachers to their 
positions. 

May Transfer Teachers. 

Sec. 59. It shall be his duty to see that the time of 
all teachers is fully employed, and whenever the 
time of any teacher is not fully occupied, he may 
make such transfers of teachers and consolidation of 
classes as in his judgmeril may be necessary in ac- 
cordance with the rules of the Board. 

Sec. 60. He shall appoint substitutes to till tem- 
porary vacancies occasioned by the absence of teach- 
ers. 

Sec. 61. All new teachers, elected or assigned, shall 
be upon probation. If th-^s^ prove unsatisfactory or 
incompetent to discharge the -luties de\olving upon 
them, the Superintendent shall warn them; if proper 
improvement does not follow, he shall in the case of 
assigned teachers, discontinue t^eir services, in the 
case of elected teachers, he shall report them through 
the proper Committee to the Board for dismissal. 



42 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

HIGH SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 

Sec. 62. The general management and discipline 
of the High School are committed to the Superintend- 
ent and the Principal of the High School. 

x'he Principal of the --igh School shall keep a reg- 
ister of the names, ages, and residences of pupils 
attending the same, the time of their entrance, the 
school, (whether public or private) from which they 
were received; if non-residents, the place and school 
from which they come; the course of study each is 
pursuing and also the names of all such as have 
graduated and received certificates or diplomas, and 
the rank which they held at the time of leaving 
school. 

Qualiftcations for Admission. 

Sec. 63. No pupil shall be admitted to the High 
School who has. not passed a satisfactory examination 
in Reading, Spelling, Penmanship, Geography, Gram- 
mar, Arithmetic and United States History. 

Manner of Conducting Examinations for Admission. 

Sec. 64. The regular examination of applicants 
for admission to the High School shall commence on 
some day during the last two weeks of January and 
June, and continue from day to day until completed. 
The Superintendent and the Principal of the High 
School shall constitute the Examining Committee. 
In this examination the applicants shall be required 
to write answers to questions prepared for that pur- 
pose. After the scholars have assembled and before 
the examination is commenced, each applicant shall 
receive a card containing a number by which alone 
he shall be known throughout the examination. He 
shall write upon a slip of paper this number, his 
name, his age, and the name of the school from 
which he came; which paper shall be preserved, for 



DEPARTMENT OP INSTRUCTION. 43 

the purpose of identifying the scholars after the ex- 
amination has been concluded. During the examina- 
tion, each individual shall sign his number, and not 
his name, to his exercise. The Examining Commit- 
tee shall carefully examine all the answers, determine 
the per cent, of corrections in each subject, compute 
the average of the several studies, and record the 
whole in tabular form. From this tabular statement 
the Committee shall designate the numbers which 
entitle the holders thereof to admission to the High 
School. 

Candidates for Advanced Standing. 

Sec. 65. All candidates for advanced standing 
shall be examined by the Principal in all the studies 
which the class they desire to enter has pursued. 

Forfeiture of Seats. 

Sec. 66. Pupils of the High School who have been 
absent for four consecutive weeks shall be re-admit- 
ted only by recommendation of the Principal and 
consent of the Superintendent. All pupils admitted 
shall be on probation for the first term; and if at 
the end of that or any other term, they do not hold 
a fair position in their glasses, they may be re- 
graded to a lower class by the Superintendent on the 
recommendation of the Principal. 

Conditions of Graduation. 

Sec. 67. No pupil shall be graduated from the High 
School unless he or she shall have been a regular 
attendant, completed the course of study and passed 
a written examination in the different branches. 
Ihe standard of graduation or promotion shall be 70 
per cent, and no pupil shall be promoted or graduated 
unless he has in each study a standing of 70 per cent 
or more. No pupil shall be allowed to carry more 



44 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

than five studies. Any pupil who. is carrying more 
than four studies must secure a standing in each 
of not less than 75 per cent. No pupil shall be per- 
mitted to register or work in the High School unless 
lie takes at least two subjects, and each of these two 
subjects must be carried with a grade of not less 
than 75 per cent. The examination shall be con- 
ducted under the direction of the Superintendent, 
Principal and such committees as they shall appoint. 

Diplomas. 

Sec. 68. Students having completed any one of 
the required courses to the satisfaction of the faculty 
and having the requisite scholarship, shall be pre- 
sented with diplomas signed by the President of tne 
Board ou: Education, the Principal of the High School, 
the Superintendent of Instruction and Secretary of 
the Board of Education. 

Military Instruction. 
Sec. 69. 1. All High School boys shall drill two 
hours per week unless excused by the Principal with 
the approval of the Superintendent. 

2. Drill shall be under the direction of a Military 
Instructor from the United States Army.. 

3. The Board of Education will annually receive 
bids for the furnishing of uniforms for the Cadets, 
and grant the privilege of furnishing uniforms to the 
lowest bidder who complies with their specifications 
as to material and make. 

(a) All Cadets entering uniformed companies shall 
procure their uniforms from the firm which has been 
granted the privilege of furnishing them. 

(b) Each uniform shall be subject to the inspection 
and approval of the Military Instructor before being 
paid for by the pupil. 

4. All officers shall be appointed by the Military 
Instructor after consultation with the Principal. 



DEPARTMENT OP INSTRUCTION. 45 

(a) No cadet shall be appointed as commissioned 
or non-commissioned officer, unless for the preced- 
ing half year he has carried each of his studies with 
a grade of at least 70 per cent. No cadet holding 
position as commissioned or non-commissioned offi- 
cer shall be permitted to retain such position, unless 
he maintains in each of his studies a standing of at 
least 70 per cent. 

(b) No Cadet shall hold the same office for more 
than one year. 

(c) No post-graduate shall be appointed to office. 

(d) Exceptions to rules b and c above shall be 
made only when in the opinion of the Military In- 
structor, the efficiency of the battalion imperatively 
demands it, and after the consent of the Superin- 
tendent and Principal has been obtained. 

5, All funds earned by the Cadets in contest or 
otherwise, shall be held in charge by the Secretary, 
to be expended for the benefit of the battalion by 
the High School Committee upon recommendation of 
the Military Instructor endorsed by the Principal of 
the High School. 

6. Aside from the ordinary rules of drill, school 
regulations will be applied as in all other school ex- 
ercises. 

DUTIES OF PRINCIPALS. 

Responsible for the Enforcement of the School Regu- 
lations. 

Sec. 70. The Principal of each school shall be 
held responsible for the enforcement of the Rules and 
regulations of the Board; shall supervise the work of 
instruction, reporting to the Superintendent all mat- 
ters pertaining to the efficiency of teachers and profi- 
ciency of pupils. 



46 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

Co-Operation with the Superintendent. 

Sec. 71. Principals shall carry out the suggestions 
of the Superintendent and endeavor to aid him in 
promoting the efficiency of the schools. 

Shall Carefully Supervise. 

Sec. 72. The Principal of each school shall see 
that the records of the school are systematically 
kept, the pupils properly classified, and the parents 
or guardians duly notified of the absence of their 
children in all cases where the cause of such absence 
is unknown or not satisfactory. The Principals shall 
cause a written program of the daily exercises of 
each school under their supervision to be kept in 
some conspicuous place in the school rooms and fur- 
nish the Superintendent with a copy of the same. 
They shall each day superintend the work of teach- 
ers in their schools, and make such suggestions as 
may seem for the interests of the school. They shall 
also report to the Superintendent at the close of each 
month the number of visits and the time of each 
visit, and the amount of time devoted to each room 
in their respective buildings by the special teach- 
ers. 

Failure of Teachers to Go-Operate. 

Sec. V3. They shall report to the Superintendent 
any failure on the part of any teacher under their 
supervision to carry into successful effect the regula- 
tions established for the guidance of such teacher. 

Monthly and Annual Reports to the Superintendent. 

Sec. 74. They shall furnish the Superintendent, at 
his office, at the close of each month and year, full 
reports according to the blanks furnished them, with 
such additional information as he may from time to 
time require. 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 47 

Special Classification of Pupils. 

Sec. 75. Principals shall determine the classifica- 
tion of every pupil admitted and shall aid in the 
equal distribution of pupils in the several classes. 

Permission to Suspend Pupils. 

Sec. 76. Principals shall be permitted to suspend 
pupils for the time being for direct and persistent 
disobedience, but shall immediately notify the parents 
or guardian and the Superintendent, with reasons 
therefor, and no pupil while thus suspended shall 
attend any of the public schools of the city; provided 
that all cases of suspension in which the Superin- 
tendent does not reinstate the pupil, shall be referred 
to the Committee on Teachers and Examinations, who 
shall have power to reinstate or refer the matter to 
the Board. 

Care of School Premises. 

Sec. 77. Principals shall see that the yards, fences, 
trees, shrubbery and out-buildings are kept in a neat 
and proper condition, and shall be held responsible 
for any want of cleanliness on the premises; when 
anything is out of order they shall give immediate 
notice to the Secretary in writing. 

Supervision of Janitors. • 

Sec. 78. Principals shall superintend the janitors 
in the discharge of their duties, and report all cases 
of neglect or incompetency to the Superintendent, 
who shall transmit such report to the Board. 

In case the janitor should become intoxicated or 
insubordinate the Principal shall immediately notify 
the President of the Board or the Chairman of the 
Committee on Heat and Ventilation. 



48 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

TTie Keys of School Buildings. 

Sec. 79. Principals shall, at the close of each term, 
return the keys of their school buildings to the office 
of the Secretary, and also at the close of each school 
year, file with him a schedule of the apparatus, text- 
books, and other articles used in and belonging to 
said building, for the care of which articles they 
shall be held responsible during the session of the 
school. 

Shall Prepare and Deliver Pay Rolls. 

Sec. 80. It shall be the duty of all Principals to 
properly fill out the monthly pay rolls of their re- 
spective schools, and have the same delivered at the 
ofiice of the Superintendent of Instruction not later* 
than 2 o'clock p. m., on the last school day of the 
month, excepting months which close on Friday, 
Saturday, or Sunday, and in aii such months the pay 
rolls shall be delivered at the office of the Superin- 
tendent of Instruction not later than 2 o'clock on 
the last Thursday in the month. In the months of 
December and June, the pay rolls shall be delivered 
as required by the Superintendent of Instruction 
and the Secretary of the Board. 

Caution Against Fire. 

Sec. 81. Principals shall take special caution 
against fires, and to this end shall see that the base- 
ment and unoccupied rooms in their school buildings 
are examined at least twice during each session. 

There shall be a monthly fire drill in every build- 
ing of more than one room, to be conducted by the 
Principal. Pupils shall leave the building in order 
without wraps, except in winter, when such drill 
shall be held on mild days after pupils have donned 
their wraps. 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 49 

Time to Arrive on School Premises. 

Sec. 82. Principals shall be present and remain 
within the grounds of the school at least thirty min- 
utes before the opening of the first session, and 
twenty minutes before the opening of the afternoon 
session, to look after the interests of the pupils and 
attend to such other duties as may be necessary. 

Time for Pupils to Assemble. 

Principals shall not permit pupils to appear in 
or about the school premises earlier than thirty 
minutes before the opening of school, unless the 
convenience of parents and comfort of pupils shall 
be served thereby; they shall prevent them from 
annoying people in the vicinity of the school, or 
otherwise behaving in an unseemly manner. 

Must Take Charge of a Room. 

Sec. 83. The Principals of all buildings having 
eight rooms or less, shall in addition to their duties 
of Principals, have charge of a school room. Prin- 
cipals of 9, 10 and 11-room buildings shall have 
charge of a room, but shall be relieved from the 
work of teaching one-half of each day, by a proper 
assignment of teachers. 

Must Supervise Exclusively. 

Principals of buildings of 12 rooms or more shall 
devote themselves exclusively to the work of super- 
vision, in its various forms, and shall not devote 
more than one hour in any one day to the regular 
work of teaching. 

Opening and Closing of Schools. 

Sec. 84. Principals shall see that the opening and 
closing of schools, and also the recesses, are simul- 



50 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

taneous in all the departments, except as special ar- 
rangements may be made by the Superintendent for 
primary classes, and that all recitation rooms shall 
De vacated within twenty minutes after the close of 
the daily sessions, in order that the janitors may 
have access to the rooms for the purpose of putting 
them in order for the following day, except in cases 
of inclement weather, when it may become necessary 
for pupils or teachers to remain longer. 

Principals must not send janitors on errands while 
the heating apparatus is in use. 

Admission of 'Non-Resident Pupils. 

Sec. 85. Principals shall not admit non-resident 
pupils to the schools except upon presentation of a 
tuition receipt from the Secretary. 

Must Exercise Economy. 

Sec. 86. Principals of the several schools and de- 
partments are required to be as economical as possi- 
ble in their requisitions on the Board and to exer- 
cise a careful supervision over all supplies received 
by them, in order to prevent waste and extravagance. 

Notify the Superintendent of Buildings. 

Principals must notify the Superintendent of 
Buildings when they need additional seats or other 
furniture or when they desire to have changes made 
in the location of the same. 

Principals Shall Make Annual Inventory. 

Sec. 87. An accurate inventory shall be made dur- 
ing the last week in each year of the books, slates, 
maps, and all other articles embraced under the head 
of supplies, in every school, blank forms of in- 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 51 

ventory being furnislied by the Secretary for tliat 
purpose, which when completed shall be filed in the 
Secretary's office. The inventory shall designate the 
three conditions of supplies on hand in separate 
columns, viz.: Good, Half-worn and Old. 

DUTIES OF TEACHERS. 

Sec. 88. In all matters relating to the government 
and management of schools, teachers shall follow the 
directions and suggestions of their Principals so far 
as they do not confiict with the regulations of the 
Board of Education. 

Time for Teachers to Arrive at ScJiool Buildings. 

Sec. 89. All teachers shall be at their respective 
schools at least thirty minutes before the opening of 
the morning session, and twenty minutes before the 
opening of the afternoon session, to attend to such 
duties as the general regulations prescribe. 

Supervision over Pupils. 

Sec. 90. It shall be the duty of all teachers to ex- 
ercise a careful supervision over their pupils while 
in tne school rooms, and about the school premises, 
to secure proper deportment from all, and when 
deemed necessary, to extend their supervision over 
pupils going to and from school. 

Care of School Property. 

Sec. 91. Teachers shall take care that the school 
building, furniture, apparatus, maps, books, etc., in 
the same as well as out-buildings, fences and other 
school property, books loaned to pupils, and books 
of reference, be not defaced or injured; and shall 
immediately upon the discovery of any injury, re- 
port the same to the Principal. 



52 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

Admission of Pupils. 

Sec. 92. Teachers shall refer all pupils applying 
for admission to the Principal for examination and 
classification, and when so classified, register their 
names, ages, times of admission and places of resi- 
dence. 

Teacher's Report. 

Sec. 98. Teachers shall make reports en blanks 
provided, to the Principal, and no teacher shall be en- 
titled to compensation in full for services unless these 
reports have been fully and correctly made. They 
shall also make monthly reports to parents of the 
standing and deportment of their children. 

Pledge of Faithfulness. 

Sec. 94. An acceptance of a position in the schools, 
will be regarded as a pledge to follow all the direc- 
tions and regulations of the Board, Superintendent, 
and Principal, and when any wilful neglect of such 
rules shall be manifested on the part of any teacher, 
it shall be considered sufficient cause for the Board 
to declare that teacher's position vacant. 

Temperature and Ventilation. 

Sec. 95. All teachers shall give vigilant attention 
to the ventilation and temperature of their school 
rooms, both in winter and in summer; they shall 
ventilate the rooms by lowering the upper sashes, 
taking special care, however, that children be not 
allowed to sit in currents of cold air; they shall see 
that the air in the rooms is effectually changed at 
each recess and at the end of each school session; 
and at no time allow the temperature of the room to 
rise higher than 72 degrees Fahrenheit, on a level 
with the heads of the children. 



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Teacher's Meetings. 

Sec. 96. Teachers shall meet at such times and 
places out of school hours as the Superintendent may 
direct, for the purpose of promoting the interests of 
the school, and attending to such duties as he, in 
his judgment, shall consider best for their proficiency 
as teachers, and no excuse for absence will be en- 
tertained other than such as would justify absence 
-, from a regular session of their school. 

Absence of Teachers. 

Sec. 97. All teachers when obliged to be absent 
shall give immediate notice to their Principal, and 
when Principals or special teachers expect to be ab- 
sent they shall give like notice to the Superintend- 
ent. The Superintendent shall at once provide a 
substitute, and report the same to the Committee on 
'leachers and Examinations. There shall be no pay 
allowed for any teacher for the period of absence 
except by vote of the Board. 

Penalty for Tardiness. 

Sec. 98. The tardiness of any teacher, without 
satisfactory excuse, shall subject him or her to a 
fine of ten per cent, of their daily wages. 
Physical Exercises in School. 

Sec. 99. Teachers in the Primary and Grammar 
Schools shall arrange the daily exercises in such a 
manner as to provide for each scholar a perioa oT 
calisthenic exercises every forenoon and afternoon. 
Teachers Visiting Schools. 

Sec. 100. Teachers may be allowed one day in each 
half year to visit other schools of the same grade to 
observe modes of discipline and instruction. The time 
for such visits and the schools to be visited shall be 
designated by the Superintendent, who shall require 
a brief written report of the visits made. 



54 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

Visiting Parent. 
Sec. 101. All teachers, so far as is consistent with 
their other duties, are expected to seek an acquaint- 
ance with the parents or guardians of their pupils. 

Teachers to Send Notes to Parenis. 

Sec. 102. At the close of every day it shall be the 
duty of teachers to notify parents or guardians of 
pupils who have been absent or tardy in attendance. 
These notices shall be in printed forms supplied by 
the Superintendent. 

Must Not Teach Private Schools. 

Sec. 103. No teacher shall conduct a private school 
or give instructions to private pupils, other than pub- 
lic school pupils, or teach in any school, or engage in 
the pursuit of any kind of business without the con- 
sent of the Board. 

Resignation and Dismissal of Teachers. 

Sec. 104. No teacher shall have the right to resign 
without giving at least four weeks' notice. The 
Board reserves the right to dismiss teachers when- 
ever in its judgment they are not competent to hold 
the positions they occupy. This Board shall not 
hereafter employ as teacher or enter into any con- 
tract with any married woman whose husband is 
in good health or who has means sufficient so that 
he is able to support his family. Any woman now 
on the permanent list, who shall hereafter marry, 
shall, at the end of the school year following her 
marriage, cease to hold a place upon said permanent 
list and shall be placed upon the list of teachers 
subject to annual re-election. 

Gejieral Duties of Teachers. 

Sec. 105. All teachers are required to make them- 
selves familiar with the regulations of the Board and 
thD directions of the Superintendent so far as they 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 55 

relace to their departments; to maintain strict order 
and discipline in their school rooms; to watch over 
the morals of their pupils, carefully instructing them 
to avoid idleness, profanity, falsehood, deceit, and 
every wrong and dishonorable act, and training them 
to habits of neatness, courtesy, politeness and gen- 
erosity, and to govern their pupils by kindness and 
appeals to their nobler affections and sentiments. 

THE KINDERGARTENS. 
Duties of the Supervisor. 

Sec. 106. It shall be the duty oj the Supervisor of 
Kindergartens, under the direction of the Board of 
Education and the Superintendent of Schools to 
unify the work of the several kindergatens and cor- 
relate their work with that of the grades. 

1st. She shall visit the kindergartens as often as 
practicable, note the means by which their defects 
may be corrected and their efficiency, as a part of the 
school system, promoted, and give to directors such 
instructions as she may deem necessary to correct 
errors and to promote effective work. 

2d. Order such supplies through the Secretary of 
the Board as she considers necessary for the various 
kindergartens, through the Principals of the various 
schools. 

3d. Be present at all meetings of the Committee 
on Kindergartens. 

4th. Together with the Superintendent of Schools, 
she shall recommend to the Kindergarten Committee 
suitable persons for appointment as directors, paid 
assistants and volunteers; and to assign all kinder- 
garten teachers to positions, and make such transfers 
of teachers, assistants and pupils as she considers 
proper with the approval of the Committee on Kin- 
dergartens. 



56 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

5th. She shall fix a time and place to receive pa- 
trons of the kindergartens who may desire informa- 
tion concerning them and to meet teachers who may 
desire aid or advice. The Supervisor may require the 
attendance of any and all kindergarten teachers on 
business connected with their work whenever she 
thinks it necessary. 

6th. She shall have general care and supervision 
of the instruction to be given, the course of study to 
be pursued (under their several directors) by volun- 
tary assistants, and to require their attendance at 
such lectures as the Supervisor, or such person as 
she may designate, may give. 

Kindergarten Directors. 
" Sec. 107. 1st. Directors of Kindergartens shall be 
under the direct supervision and control of the Su- 
pervisor of Kindergartens, (subject to the Superin- 
tendent of Schools and the Board of Education), 
and shall carry out the suggestions and directions of 
the Supervisor, and co-operate with her in every pos- 
sible way in her efforts to promote the efficiency of 
the schools. 

2d. All requests for supplies shall be made to the 
Supervisor. 

3d. All communications concerning the care, man- 
agement and needs of the kindergartens, and all re- 
quests for additional teachers, or the assignment or 
transfer of teachers or pupils, shall be made to the 
Supervisor, and through her to the Superintendent 
of Instruction and the Kindergarten Committee. 

4th. Directors shall make such reports of their 
work, and of the work of their assistant teachers and 
of the pupils under their charge, as may be called for 
by the Supervisor. 

Selection of Kindergarten Teachers. 

Sec. 108. No person shall hereafter be employed 
as' a director unless she is at least twenty-three years 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 57 

of age, and a graduate of some Normal Kindergarten 
school, or has had an equivalent training and expe- 
rience. 

. DUTIES OF SPECIAL TEACHERS. 

Sec. 109. Special teachers, when employed by the 
Board, are expected to engage in work in the school 
rooms during the regular hours. Each special teacher- 
shall prepare a programme to be approved by the 
Superintendent, designating the time to be spent in 
each room in the city, which programmes shall be 
sent to the Principal of each school. Any dereliction 
or tardiness, or non-compliance with the programme 
on the part of the special teachers shall be reported 
by the teachers to the Superintendent. Special teach- 
ers shall hold at least one meeting each week, at 
some centrally located place, for the purpose of im- 
parting special instruction to the teachers. These 
meetings shall not be held during the regular school 
hours. At the close of each month they shall make 
a written report to the Superintendent, of the time 
spent in each building, the number of lessons given 
during the month, the number of teachers' meetings, 
the time lost, if any, and the number of lessons lost. 



DUTIES, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PUPILS. 

Children Entitled to Attend the Puhlic Schools. 

Sec. 110. All children of school age and bona fide 
residents of Omaha, or of persons paying taxes on 
real estate in the city of Omaha, shall be admitted 
free to the public schools; children of non-residents 
shall not be received or retained in any of the schools, 
except as provided by Statute, or unless the parent 
or guardian pay to the Board, through the Secretary, 
the tuition established by the Board for such pupils. 



58 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

A receipt for the tuition must be presented by the 
parent or pupil to the Principal. Non-resident pupils, 
however, shall not be admitted or retained under any 
circumstances when the schools are full, and no pupil 
shall be received into the first primary class after 
the first week of the term except by special permis- 
sion of the Superintendent. 

Tuition Fees. 

Sec. 111. For admission to the High School, the 
tuition shall be at the rate of thirty-five dollars per 
annum; to the grammar department of the graded 
schools, fifteen dollars per annum; and to all the 
other schools, ten dollars per annum — payable in ad- 
vance at the commencement of each term, to the Sec- 
retary, who shall issue a permit and receipt there- 
for. 

Cleanliness Required. 

Sec. 112. Pupils must be cleanly and neat in per- 
son and dress. In cases of neglect in these particu- 
lars, it shall be the duty of the teacher to report the 
pupils to the Principal, who is authorized to require 
the parents to attend to the condition of their chil- 
dren. 

Free Text Books. 

• Sec. 113. Text books, stationery and other neces- 
sary supplies shall be furnished pupils free of charge. 

Concerning Contagious Diseases. 

Sec. 114, No pupil who is known to be suffering 
from a contagious or infectious disease shall be ad- 
mitted to the schools, nor shall a pupil who is known 
to have been exposed to such disease be allowed to re- 
main. Principals have authority to require of all 
pupils certificates of successful vaccination. And in 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 59 

case of the known illness of any pupil from con- 
tagious or infectious diseases, or the known exposure 
of any pupil to such diseases, the Principal shall re- 
quire the pupil so sick or exposed to produce a certifi- 
cate from the Health Commissioner that all danger 
is past. But no child who has had diphtheria or 
scarlet fever shall be received into school again until 
six weeks after recovery. 

Owing to the danger of spreading contagious or in- 
fectious diseases Principals and teachers must not 
send pupils to the home of absent pupils for the pur- 
pose of ascertaining the cause of absence. 

Penalty for Injuring School Property. 

Pupils who shall be guilty of losing, defacing or 
injuring any of the school property shall pay in full 
for all damages, in default of which they shall be 
suspended from the school, and will be re-admitted 
only by permission of the Board. 

Pupils to he Present at Examination. 

Any pupil who shall be absent from any special ex- 
ercise or regular examination of the school, and fail 
to render sufficient excuse for such absence, shall 
not be allowed to return to the school or to enter any 
other school of the city, without the consent of the 
Superintendent. 

Assembling Altout the School Building. 

Sec. 115. Pupils shall not be permitted to assem- 
ble about school buildings earlier than thirty minutes 
before the opening of the morning session, or fifteen 
minutes before the afternoon session, except as pro- 
vided in section 83; nor shall pupils be allowed to re- 
main for play after school is dismissed in the after- 
noon. During the inclement season, from November 



60 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

1st to the first Monday in May, and upon all stormy 
days, the pupils shall be admitted to their rooms 
whenever they arrive upon the school grounds. 

Change of ScJiool. 

Sec. 116. Pupils shall be required to attend the 
school within the boundaries of which they reside, 
except in special cases, when the Superintendent may, 
on satisfactory evidence, and there being sufficient 
reason therefor, grant permission to attend another 
school, provided the schools they may desire to enter 
can conveniently receive them. 

Classification. 

Sec. 117. All pupils shall be classified according 
to their attainments on first entering the school, and 
shall pursue such studies as the Superintendent and 
Principal shall direct in con^-ormity with the rules 
of the Board. Pupils may be re-graded at any time 
by consent of the Principal. 

Ahsenteeism. 

Sec. 118. A pupil who in any consecutive four 
weeks may be absent four half days or tardy four 
times, without satisfactory excuse from parent or 
guardian, may be suspended and the facts immediate- 
ly reported to the parent or guardian and the Super- 
intendent. 

Concerning Other Absences and Tardiness. 

Sec. 119. Any pupil shall be recorded as absent 
who has not been in scnool for at least one-half of the 
session. Teachers shall count all pupils as absent 
who are not present, without regard to the cause of 
the absence, and absence on account of church holi- 
days shall be no exception to this rule. No pupil 
shall be absent a part of a session for the purpose 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 61 

of receiving instruction elsewhere except by permis- 
sion of the Superintendent or Board. Teachers shall 
report the. names and residences of habitual truants 
and the names of their parents or guardians to the 
Principal, who shall transmit them to the Superm- 
tendent. 

Physical Exercise. 

Sec. 120. All pupils shall be required to take physi- 
cal exercise in the open air at every regular recess 
in favorable weather, and no pupil shall be detained 
for study or correction at recess or the noon hour. 

Obedience to Regulations. 

Sec. 121. The pupils shall be required to conform 
to all the rules laid down for the direction and gov- 
ernment of the schools. They shall be respectful In 
their deportment toward the teachers and toward 
each other, and refrain from the use of improper lan- 
guage and from unseemly conduct. They are ex- 
pected to have constant regard for their own honor 
and for the reputation of the schools. 

MISCELLANEOUS RULES FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
INSTRUCTION. 

Sec. 122. All applications by teachers who are not 
eligible for appointment shall be referred to the Su- 
perintendent of Schools. All applications of teachers 
who are eligible to appointment shall be referred to 
the Committee on Teachers and Examinations. 

No person shall be elected by this Board to any 
position as Supervisor, Principal, Teacher, or Spe- 
cial Teacher, or placed by the Board or by any of its 
committees upon the list of assigned teachers whose 
services are used as they are needed, unless such 
person holds the certificate required by the rules of 



62 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

this Board and is recommended for such election or 
assignment by the Superintendent of Instruction. 
All elections or assignments of teachers, supervisors, 
etc., shall be only upon report of the proper commit- 
tee. 

Quota and Classification of Pupils. 

Sec. 123. The quota of pupils to each teacher in 
the High School shall be 30, and no additional teacher 
shall be assigned to the High School unless the num- 
ber of pupils in the High School exceeds the quota of 
30 pupils to the teacher by 25. 

The quota of pupils in the Primary Grades shall 
be as follows: 1st grade, 52; 2d grade, 52; 3d grade, 
52; 4th grade, 52. 

In the Grammar Grades as follows: 5th grade, 50; 
6th grade, 50; 7th grade, 48; 8th grade, 44. 

And no additional teacher shall be assigned to any 
school unless the number of pupils in said school 
shall exceed the quota of 40 per teacher by 35. For 
these purposes the Principal is counted as a teacher. 

Whenever the number of pupils in the highest 
class in any school building shall fall below 15 for 20 
consecutive days, said pupils shall be transferred to 
the nearest school or schools where they can be ac- 
commodated. In cases where such transfers necessi- 
tate walking more than ten blocks, the Board may 
arrange to pay the car fare of such pupils. 

Suburban schools, i. e., Gibson, Ambler, Eckerman, 
West Side, Central Park, Port Omaha and Sherman, 
are exempt from the operations of the above rule. 

A paid assistant shall be assigned to each Kinder- 
garten when the attendance exceeds 50. 

No Advertising or Soliciting Permitted. 

Sec. 124. No advertisement shall be read or cir- 
culated in the school or upon the school grounds, or 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 63 

be printed upon the walls or fences of any school 
buildings under their supervision; no agent or other 
person shall enter any school or school premises for 
the purpose of exhibiting, selling or soliciting orders 
for any article. And no photographer shall be al- 
lowed to take any views of any school room or school 
building during school hours, and no Principal, 
teacher or pupil shall be allowed to act as agent or 
solicitor for the sale of any such views or photo- 
graphs, without the consent of the Board having been 
previously asked and obtained. 

School Terms. 

Sec. 125. The fall term of school shall begin on the 
first Tuesday after the first Monday in September 
and shall continue sixteen weeks. The winter term 
shall begin on the first Monday in Ja.nuary, unless 
that day should be New Years day, in which case the 
term shall begin on the second of January, and con- 
tinue twelve weeks. The spring term shall begin on 
the first Monday in April and continue ten weeks 
unless otherwise ordered by the Board. 

Holidays. 

Sec. 126. The following holidays shall be granted 
to' all the schools: Every Saturday, January first, 
Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, 
Thanksgiving Day, with the day following, and 
Christmas Day. 

School Sessions. 

Sec. 127. The session of the High School shall 
commence at 9 A. M. and continue until 2 P. M., with 
a recess of thirty minutes. 

The morning session of all other schools shall com- 
mence at 9 o'clock and shall close at 11:45 o'clock, 
with a recess of 10 minutes for all pupils when one- 
half the session has expired. 



64- RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

The afternoon session shall begin at 1:15 o'clock 
and close at 4 o'clock, with a recess of 10 minutes 
after one-half the session has expired. 

The session in the second grade, and in the first 
grade of schools that do not have half-day sessions, 
shall close one-half hour earlier than the time speci- 
fied above, both forenoon and afternoon. The hours 
of the Kindergartens shall be the same as those of 
the first grade. 

Time for Calling Session. 

Sec. 128. The first bell of the morning session shall 
be rung at 8:30, and the second bell at 8:55 by the 
janitors. The first and secona bells of the second 
session shall be rung at twenty and five minutes, re- 
spectively, before the opening of the school. 

No teacher shall leave the building before 11:45 
a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., Wxi,hout special permission 
from the Superintendent or Principal. The Principal 
of a school shall have the power to authorize a 
teacher to dismiss the school at an earlier hour if 
deemed advisable, owing to inclement weather. 

Grades and Departments. 

Sec. 129. The work of each full year shall be 
known as a grade. The first four years or grades 
shall be known as the Primary Department; the fifth 
to the eighth grade, inclusive, shall be known as the 
Grammar Department; and the ninth to the twelfth 
grade, inclusive, shall be known as the High School 
Department. 

Examinations. 

Sec. 130. All examinations shall be conducted un- 
der the direction of the Superintendent and Princi- 
pals and in accordance with the recommendations of 
the Committee on Text Books and Course of Study. 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 65 

Pupils shall be promoted from class to class and rrom 
grade to grade in accordance with the following 
rule: 

(a) On written recommendation and endorsement 
of the class teacher and Principal, based upon close 
observation of the work of the individual pupil from 
day to day. 

(b) On test examinations, written or oral, at dis- 
cretion, to be given from time to time during the 
year. Three examinations v/ill be given by the grade 
or class teacher, one examination by the Principal, 
and two such examinations by the Superintendent. 

Equal credit shall be allowed for recitations and 
for examinations. 

The Permanent List. 

Sec. 131. Any teacher who has taught in the pub- 
lic schools of Omaha, with approved success for five 
years, at least three successive years of which time 
must have been as an elected teacher, may be placed 
on what shall be known as the List of Permanent 
Teachers. 

Teachers, Principals, or Supervisors placed upon 
this permanent list shall not be required to be elected 
annuailj^ but shall serve during the pleasure of the 
Board; they shall be permanently in the employ of 
the Board, and not selected permanently for any par- 
ticular position, and they shall be subject to such 
changes of position and salary as the Board may from 
time to time determine, or such as may be arranged 
under the rules of the Board. 

No person shall be placed upon the list of Perma- 
nent Teachers unless such person has the recommen- 
dation of the Superintendent of Instruction and of 
the proper committee for place upon the permanent 
list, and' receives also the affirmative votes of eight 



66 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

members of the Board for such place on the list, the 
vote to be taken by roll call. 

Persons once placed upon the List of Permanent 
Teachers shall remain in the employ of the Board 
until dismissed — such dismissal to be recommended 
by the Superintendent of Instruction and approved 
by the affirmative votes of at least eight members, 
the vote to be taken by roll call. 

Books and Studies. 

Sec. 132. Books and studies in all the schools shall 
be such only as are authorized by the Board. 

Use of School Buildings. 

Sec. 133. The school buildings shall be used only 
for public school purposes. 

Night Schools, 

Sec. 134. Night schools under the direction of the 
Superintendent may be established by order of the 
Board. The session shall continue from the first Mon- 
day in November until tne close of the Winter term. 
Any night school in which the average attendance 
for one week shall fall below thirty pupils may be 
discontinued by the Superintendent. 

The Examining Committee. 

Sec. 135. There shall be an Examination Commit- 
tee of four members. Annually, at its first regular 
meeting in August, or as soon thereafter as conven- 
ient, the Board shall elect three members of this 
Committee, whose duty it shall be to prepare ques- 
tions and examine applicants for positions as teach- 
ers under the direction of the Superintendent of 
Schools, who shall, ex-officio, constitute the other 
member of said Committee. 

The three members so elected shall, prior to each 
examination, prepare and submit to the full Commit- 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 67 

tee for its aproval or amendment, the questions to be 
propounded at such examination. The report of the 
result of every examination shall be submitted to the 
full Committee before the same is made public and 
said Committee shall determine the standard upon 
which a favorable report shall be based. 

Teachers' Examinations, 

Sec. 136. Examinations of applicants for teach- 
ers' certificates shall be held, begininng on the last 
Tuesday^ in June and during the Christmas vacation. 
Special examinations may be held when ordered by 
the Board of Education. 

At the request of the Examining Committee ex- 
perts may be employed to assist in the examination 
of applicants for positions as teachers of special 
branches. The supervisors of kindergartens, music 
anu drawing, shall be at the service of the Examining 
Committee to assist them in examinations pertaining 
to their special departments. At least one member 
of the Examining Committee shall be present while 
an expert is conducting any examination. 

In addition to the certificates granted to teachers 
of special branches, the Examining Committee shall 
grant certificates of four classes, as follows: 

Certificates for Paid Assistants in the Kindergar- 
tens. 

Certificates for Directors in the Kindergartens. 

Certificates for Assistants in the Primary and 
Grammar Schools. 

Certificates for Teachers in the High School. 

No person shall be admitted to the examination for 
certificates as Paid Assistant in the Kindergartens, or 
shall receive such certificate, unless upon satisfactory 
showing to the Examining Committee that the appli- 
cant is eighteen years of age, is a graduate of the 
Omaha High School or has an education equivalent 



68 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

to the full course in that school, can play well upon 
the piano, can sing correctly, and has spent at least 
two years in a kindergarten practice school, at least 
one and a half years of which time must have been 
in actual charge of a class of children. The applicant 
shall also pass a satisfactory examination in English 
Grammar and Composition, in Theoretical and Me- 
chanical Work with Kindergarten Gifts and Occupa- 
tions, and in Supplementary Reading, as required in 
the Course of Study for Paid Assistants in the 
Omaha Kindergarten Normal Training School. 

No person shall he admitted to the examination for 
certificate as Director in the Kindergartens, or shall 
receive such certificate, unless upon satisfactory 
showing to the Examining Committee that the appli- 
cant is twenty-three years of age, has all the qualifi- 
cations and has passed the examination required for 
a certificate as Paid Assistant, and has had at least 
two years of experience as Paid Assistant or as Di- 
rector in a Kindergarten school. The applicant shall 
also pass a satisfactory examination in the subjects 
required in the course of study for directors in the 
Omaha Kindergarten Normal Training School. 

Exception: — Persons who are graduates of kinder- 
garten colleges or training schools of good standing, 
the requirements for graduation from which are the 
same as, or equal to those required for graduation 
from the Omaha Kindergarten Normal Training 
ochool, may upon making to the Examining Commit- 
tee satisfactory showing of the fact, and also of the 
fact that they fulfill all other requirements set forth 
in the preceding paragraphs of this section, receive 
certificates as paid assistants, or as directors, with- 
out being required to pass examination except in 
English Grammar and Composition. 

No person shall be admitted to the examination 
for certificate as Assistant (Teacher) in the Pri- 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 69 

mary and Grammar Schools, or shall receive such 
certificate, unless upon satisfactory showing to the 
Examining Committee that the applicant is eighteen 
years of age, and either has had at least two years 
successful experience in teaching, or is a graduate 
from a college or university or from a normal school 
course as extended and thorough as the High School 
Iraining Course of the Nebraska State Normal 
School. The applicant shall also pass satisfactory 
examination in the following subjects: 

English — Reading, Orthography, Grammar and 
Composition, American Literature. 

Mathematics — Arithmetic, Algebra to quadratics. 
Elements of Plane Geometry, 

History and Civil Government of the United Scates. 

Science — Elements of Physiology, Botany, Zoology 
and Physics. 

Geography, including Physical Geography. 

Elements of Drawing and Vocal Music. 

Penmanship. 

Theory and Practice of Teaching. 

No person shall be admitted to the examination for 
certificate as teacher in the High School, or shall re- 
ceive such certificate, unless the applicant holds the 
certificate required for assistants in the primary and 
grammar schools. The applicant shall also pass sat- 
isfactory examination in the subjects of that one of 
the following groups in which he proposes to teach: 

Group i. — Mathematical: — Higher Arithmetic, Al- 
gebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, astronomy. Rheto- 
ric. 

Group II. — Literary: — English Literature, English 
History, General History, Rhetoric. 

Group III. — Scientific: — Botany, Chemistry, Geolo- 
gy, Physics, Zoology, Rhetoric. 

Group IV. — Latin: — Latin Gram-mar, Latin Liter- 
ature, Roman History, Rhetoric. 



70 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

Group V. — Greek:— Greek Grammar, Greek Litera- 
ture, Greek History, Rhetoric. 

Exception: — High School teachers may, upon satis- 
factory showing to Examining Committee, that they 
fulfill all other requirements for certificates as assist- 
ants in primary and grammar schools be exempt from 
the examination required for certificates as assist- 
ant in primary and grammar schools if they are 
graduates of any of the following colleges, univer- 
sities or institutes: 

Amherst, Brown, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Harvard,. 
Yale, Columbia, Hamilton, Union, Cornell, Syracuse, 
Princeton, Jefferson, Dickinson, Oberlin, Rutgers, 
Williams, Ohio, Wesleyan, Bryn Miawr, Mt. Holyoke, 
Smith, Wellesley, Vassar, Chicago University, .Johns 
Hopkins University, Leiand Stanford, Jr., University, 
Vanderbilt University, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Polytechnic Institute of Troy, N. Y., 
Northwestern University of Evanston, 111., and the 
universities of Vermont, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Mis- 
souri, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wis- 
consin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, 
California. 

Special teachers shall pass satisfactory examination 
in the branches they are to teach, or give other satis- 
factory evidence of their qualifications for the posi- 
tions they seek. They shall also pass a satisfactory 
examination in English Grammar and Composition, 
but shall not be required to hold certificates as assist- 
ants in primary and grammar schools. The term 
"Special Teachers" shall be held to mean: Super- 
visors of Music, Drawing, Physical Culture, and Kin- 
dergartens; Teachers of German, French, Spanish, 
Chemistry or Physics, exclusively; Teachers of Com- 
mercial branches, and Teachers of Manual Train- 
ing. 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 71 

A certificate as Assistant in the Primary and 
Grammar schools shall entitle the holder to teach in 
any grade from the first to the eighth, inclusive. 

Teachers employed in the schools before or on De- 
cember 19, 1898, and who hold the certificate required 
by the rules in force up to that time, shall not be 
required to secure certificates under this rule as 
amended except for promotion to the High School, 
or to directorships in the kindergartens. 

Teachers working on primary certificates granted 
them before December 19, 1898, may secure the cer-. 
tificates for assistants in Primary and Grammar 
Grades necessary to entitle them to teach in the 
Grammar Grades by passing examination in those 
branches not covered by the certificates they now 
hold. 

The Examining Committee shall make a record of 
each examination held, including the names of the 
persons examined, the branches in which they are 
examined and the grade accorded to each after the 
papers are passed upon by the Committee, and afiix 
their names to the same in a book to be provided by 
the Secretary of this Board and to be kept in the 
office of the Superintendent as one of the permanent 
records of this Board. 

In these examinations all papers shall be marked 
on a scale of 100. The standing of teachers in all 
branches shall be shown in their certificates. Less 
than 75 in any branch shall be considered a failure, 
and no certificate shall be granted. 

At the close of the examination, all the papers, includ- 
ing those of the applicants, shall be sent to the office 
of the Superintendent, where they will be kept on file, 
subject to the inspection of interested persons. 



72 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

DEPARTMENTS AND SALARIES. 
High School Teachers. 

Sec. 137. The corps of teachers employed in the 
High School shall be arranged as follows: Principal, 
First Assistant Principal, Heads of Departments and 
Assistants, and the salaries paid shall be as described 
hereafter: 

Principal, $2,400 per annum, payable monthly 
throughout the twelve months. 

First Assistant Principal, $1,500 per annum. 

Heads of Departments, from $1,100 to $1,500 per 
annum. 

Assistants, from $700 to $1,100 per annum.. 
Salaries in Other Schools. 

The following salaries shall be allowed and paid 
to the Principals of the several schools: 

Principals of 1 and 2-room buildings shall receive 
$80 per month. 

Principals of 3-room buildings shall receive $85 
per month. 

Principals of 4-room buildings shall receive 90 
per month. 

Principals of 5-room buildings shall receive $95 
per month. 

Principals of 6-room buildings shall receive $100 
per month. 

Principals of 7-room buildings shall receive $105 
per month. 

Principals of 8-room buildings shall receive $110 
per month. 

Principals of 9-room buildings shall receive $115 
per month. 

Principals of 10-room buildings shall receive $120 
per month. 

Principals of 11-room buildings shall receive $125 
per month. 



DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION. 73 

Principals of 12-room buildings shall receive $130 
per montli. 

Principals of 13-room buildings shall receive $135 
per month. 

Principals of buildings of 14 or more rooms shall 
receive $140 per month. 

Principals receiving less than $140 per month shall 
receive" an increase of $5 per month for each addi- 
tional room opened, and shall have their salaries 
reduced $5 per month for each room closed; but 
no Principal of a graded school shall receive more 
than $140 per month. 

Teachers without experience in graded schools shall 
be paid at the rate of $40 per month, and for each 
year of experience $5 additional per month shall be 
paid until a salary of $70 per month Is reached. 

Teachers of the seventh grade shall receive the an- 
nual increase until a salary of $75 is reached. Teach- 
ers of the eighth grade shall receive $80 per month. 

Directors in the Kindergarten without previous ex- 
perience as directors shall receive $50 per month 
the first year — and for each year of experience as di- 
rector, $5 additional per month until a salary of $70 
per month is reached. Paid assistants in the Kinder- 
gartens shall receive $40 a month for the first year 
and an increase of $5 per month each successive 
year after the first year until a salary 
of $50 per month is reached. Teachers 
who teach two schools composed of different 
pupils, one in the forenoon and one in the after- 
noon of each day, shall receive $10 per month more 
than the amounts received in like grades by those who 
teacn but one school. 

In computing the pay of principals and teachers 
for fractional parts of a month, the basis of computa- 
tion for each day lost shall be one-twentieth part of 
the monthly salary. 



74 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 



THE SUPERINTENDENT OP BUILDINGS. 

Sec. 138. No person shall be deemed eligible to the 
office of Superintendent of School Buildings unless 
he has had at least five years' experience as a con- 
tractor and superintendent of construction of both 
brick and wooden buildings and is a competent car- 
penter. He shall present the written endorsement 
of at least two reputable architects, setting forth 
that he possesses the qualifications aforesaid. He 
shall also be required to be competent to draw plans 
and furnish estimates of the cost of temporary 
buildings or additions to such buildings. Before en- 
tering upon the discharge of his duties he shall give 
bonds in the sum of not less than five thousand dol- 
lars ($5,000), with good, and sufficient sureties condi- 
tioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of 
his office. 

The Superintendent of Buildings shall be under 
the general supervision of the Committee on Build- 
ings and Property, (subject to the Board), and no 
work involving the expenditure of money shall be 
performed by said Superintendent of Buildings, ex- 
cept upon the written order of said Committee, or 
resolution of the Board, provided that in case of an 
emergency said Superintendent may perform work in- 
volving an expenditure of not exceeding Twenty-five 
Dollars, reporting same to the Board at its next 
meeting. 



DEPARTMENT OP LABOR. 75 

Shall Superintend Repairs. 

He shall superintend the construction and repair of 
all buildings, except such as require the special at- 
tention of the architect, and shall at all times consult 
with the architect in respect to repairs upon build- 
ings, heating and ventilation and sewerage. He shall 
attend to the placing and repairing of seats and desks 
and all other work of similar character not other- 
wise provided for by the Board. 

Ordering Material. 

The Superintendent of Buildings shall in no case 
order materials or supplies of any kind for the use 
of the Board, except by written orders, countersigned 
by the Secretary of the Board, who shall keep a 
record of the character and quantity of supplies or- 
dered, the price paid, the person or firm from whom 
they are ordered, and the specific purpose for which 
they are to be used. 

The Superintendent of Buildings shall act as fore- 
man of janitors and shall receive no extra compen- 
sation therefor. He shall have the supervision of 
the janitors employed by the Board in respect to 
their duties connected with heating and ventilating, 
plumbing, sewerage, the care of school buildings and 
school grounds. 

He shall visit the several school buildings as often 
as practicable, not less than twice a month; shall 
carefully examine the heating apparatus, plumbing, 
gas-fitting, sewerage and ventilation of the buildings; 
shall make suggestions and recommendations to the 
iioard in his regular reports in regard to desirable 
repairs, alterations, additions and improvements; 
and see tnat. the heating and ventilating apparatus 
is at all times kept in a proper and effective condi- 
tion by the janitor. He shall instruct janitors as to 



76 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

tne best metliods of firing to secure the most satis- 
factory combustion and other matters pertaining to 
the performance of their duties, and shall report to 
the Committee on Heat and Ventilation as to the 
quality of fuel furnished to the schools. 

He shall promptly report to the Committee on 
Heat and Ventilation all janitors who prove to be 
incompetent. 

He shall consult and advise with the architect of 
the Board with reference to all plans and specifica- 
tions prepared by the architect for heating and ven- 
tilation, plumbing, gas-fitting, sewerage, repairs and 
alterations of school buildings, and shall under direc- 
tion of the architect superintend the construction of 
the sam_e. He shall also when it may be deemed nec- 
essary by the Board prepare plans and specifications 
for alterations, repairs and additions under direction 
of the Committee on Buildings and Property. 

He shall, if required by the Board, examine can- 
didates for position as janitors of the schools and re- 
port as to their qualifications to the Committee on 
Heat and Ventilation. 

He shall, if required, under the direction of the 
Committee on Heat and Ventilation, test and report 
the quality of coal furnished to the school buildings 
under contract. He shall inspect and report to the 
Committee on Heat and Ventilation the quantity of 
coal used by the janitors of the schools, and shall 
check janitors who are wasting fuel. 

He shall be subject to the instructions of the Com- 
mittee on Buildings and Property, whose chairman 
may authorize the Secretary of the Board to act for 
them in matters of detail. Requests from teachers, 
janitors and others for the services of the employees 
of this department shall be made in writing to the 
Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. * 77 

Under the direction of tne Board the Superintend- 
ent of School Buildings shall employ a foreman and 
such other workmen as are necessary to keep the 
buildings in repair and premises in proper condition. 
The foreman shall have immediate charge of repairs 
subject to the instructions of the Superintendent of 
School Buildings, and for his services snail receive 
a salary not exceeding three dollars per day. 

The Superintendent of School Buildings shall be 
required to keep a set of books containing records of 
all the transactions of his office, stating the names, 
wages and time employed, of all workmen, and the 
work performed by them, and an account of all ma- 
terials received by him and the dispensation of same, 
and showing the distribution of expenditures among 
the schools. 

He shall make a written report monthly of the 
transactions of his office. This report shall give in 
detail the work done during the month, the number 
of men employed by him, and call attention to the 
work necessary to be done. 

The Superintendent of Buildings shall have author- 
ity to make all urgent and necessary repairs. 

The Superintendent of School Buildings shall de- 
vote his entire time to the duties of the office, and 
for his services shall receive the sum of eighteen 
hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum, payable month- 
ly, and shall receive no other remuneration. 

He is authorized to reduce the number of employes 
under him at any time when he deems it to be advis- 
able. 

EMPLOYMENT AND DIRECTION OP JANITORS. 

Application for Janitor's Position. 

Sec. 139. All applications for the position of jani- 
tor in the schools shall be filed with the Secretary of 
the Board, on blanks furnished for that purpose by 



78 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

the Secretary. All janitors of steam-heated buildings 
shall be duly licensed engineers and shall file a cer- 
tified copy of their licenses with their applications. 

Direction of Janitors. 

Sec. 140. Janitors shall be subject to the general 
direction and control of the Superintendent of 
School Buildings and the Committee on Heat and 
Ventilation in the discharge of their duties in con- 
nection with the heating and ventilating, plumbing 
and sewerage, and of the Secretary of the Board in 
their business relations with him; they shall also 
obey the directions of the Principals relating to the 
performance of work within the scope of their du- 
ties. 

Janitors shall have exclusive control of the heat- 
ing apparatus under the direction of the Superin- 
tendent of School Buildings and they shall comply 
with the requirements of Principals in respect to the 
temperature to be maintained. They shall be re- 
sponsible to the Board for any damages to school 
property resulting from their misconduct, careless- 
ness or neglect. Any defect in the heating and ven- 
tilating apparatus, plumbing, gas-fitting and sewer- 
age or any needed repairs about the buildings or 
grounds shall be promptly reported to the Superin- 
tendent of School Buildings. 

Notice to Principals of Need of Fuel. 

Sec. 141. Janitors shall report to the Principal of 
the school building of which he has charge the quan- 
tity of fuel on hand, at least ten days before the prob- 
able exhaustion of the supply, and the Principal of 
such school shall at once notify the Secretary of the 
Board. 



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 79 

Hours at School Buildings. 

Sec. 142. Janitors shall be in attendance during 
term-time and in all vacations at their schools every 
day, except Sundays and school holidays. The hours 
of daily attendance shall be from 8 o'clock A. M. to 
5 o'clock P. M., except on Saturdays, when, unless 
repair work is being done at their buildings, or Lhey 
are otherwise directed, their hours shall be from 8 
o'clock A. M. to 12 o'clock noon. They shall reside 
within a reasonable distance of their buildings and 
shall have their names and addresses posted on an 
outside door of their school buildings. 

In extreme cold or inclement weather the janitors 
shall be present and open the building at least one 
hour before the opening of school in the morning. 

Must Ring Bell. 

Sec. 143. Janitors shall ring the bell for the morn- 
ing session of school at 8:30 and a second time at 
8:55. For the afternoon session they shall ring the 
bell at twenty minutes, also at five minutes, before the 
opening of the session. 

Display of Flags. 

Sec. 144. Janitors shall have charge of the flags of 
their schools and raise the same on every legal holi- 
day, and when directed by the Principal or Superin- 
tendent of Instruction. 

One Janitor for Each School. 

Sec. 145. Each school building, together with its 
annexes, except the Long, shall be under the control 
of one janitor only, who alone shall be responsible 
to the Board for the proper care of such building, or 
buildings. 



80 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

Board may Discharge. 

Sec. 146. The janitors shall be elected for the term 
of one year, but the Board of Education reserves the 
right to terminate the engagement with any of them 
at any time for cause. 

Clean Windows, Set Broken Glass, Etc. 

Sec. 147. Janitors shall attend to the washing of 
windows, the setting of all panes of glass, and the 
cleaning of lamps, stoves, stove pipes, furnaces and 
boilers, to the removal of dust from the walls and 
ceilings ; shall scrub and clean the floors, shall keep 
the rooms, halls, basements and outhouses in neat 
condition; shall remove snow and ice from the steps 
of the buildings, from the sidewalks both outside and 
inside of the school yards, shall keep the school 
grounds clean and neat, shall mend walks and fences 
and shall perform such other duties as may be re- 
quired by the Principal or the Superintendent of 
School Buildings. 

Shall Not Absent Themselves. 

Sec. 148. Janitors shall not absent themselves from 
the school grounds during school hours except by per- 
mission of the Principal. Janitors must not go upon 
errands when the heating apparatus is in opera- 
tion. 

Oil, Matches, Waste, Etc. 

Sec. 149. Janitors shall have immediate charge of 
matches, which shall be kept in metallic boxes. All 
waste papers shall be destroyea daily. Lamp oil and 
other combustible materials shall be kept in the base- 
ment in fire-proof boxes, locked when not in use, and 
all waste paper and oily woolen waste shall be de- 
stroyed daily. 



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 81 

Clean Buildings During Vacation, 

Sec. 150. During the Winter, Spring and Summer 
vacations janitors shall thoroughly wash and scrub 
the floors, seats, desks, wainscoting and other paint- 
ed wood-work of their buildings, and shall put their 
buildings, grounds and heating apparatus in first- 
class condition. 

Qualify as special Policemen. 

Sec. 151. Janitors in the employ of the Board shall 
qualify as special policemen immediately after their 
appointment, and upon qualifying they shall be fur- 
nished by the Secretary with special policemen's 
badges. They shall exclude from the grounds and 
buildings under their charge all persons who are not 
there on legitimate business, and shall apprehend 
and convey to the nearest police officer and enter com- 
plaint against all persons found within the school 
premises under suspicious circumstances. Janitors 
shall not receive the visits of friends or acquaint- 
ances or permit persons to loiter in or around the 
school buildings at any time. 

Suspension of Janitors. 

Sec. 152. The President of the Board and the 
Committee on Heat and Ventilation, when the inter- 
ests of the schools require, may suspend a janitor for 
cause, and no janitor shall receive any pay or salary 
after the time of his suspension until re-instated by 
vote of the Board. 

N'o Smoking or Drinking, 

Sec. 153. No smoking or drinking of intoxicating 
liquors shall be allowed on the school premises at any 
time. 



82 RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

Evening Schools, 

Sec. 154. Janitors of buildings in which evening 
schools are held shall be in attendance for the per- 
formance of their duties during the sessions of the 
schools and shall be paid $1.00 per evening where one 
or two rooms are used, and 25c per evening for each 
additional room, above two^ which is used. 

Record of Fuel Burned. 

Sec. 155. Every janitor shall keep a monthly 
record of the quantity of fuel burned in his building, 
and shall furnish the Secretary with a statement of 
tue same. 

Copies of Rules and Regulations. 

Sec. 156. Printed copies of the Rules and Regula- 
tions shall be furnished to the janitors and Principals 
of the schools, and a copy shall be hung up by the 
janitor in a convenient place for reference. 

Salaries of Janitors. 

Sec. 157. Janitors having charge of one school 
room in actual use, shall receive $20 per month; two 
rooms, $25 per month; three rooms, $35 per month; 
four rooms, $40 per month; five rooms, $45 per 
month; six rooms, $50 per month, during school and 
vacation months. Janitors having charge of seven 
school rooms in actual use shall receive $60 pen- 
month; eight rooms, $65 per month; nine rooms, $70 
per month; ten rooms, $75 per month; eleven rooms, 
$80 per month, during school months, and they shall 
receive $55 per month during vacation months. Jani- 
tors having charge of twelve rooms in actual use 
shall receive $S5 per month; thirteen rooms, $90 per 



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 83 

month; fourteen rooms, $95 per month; fifteen 
rooms, $100 per month; sixteen rooms, $105 per 
month; seventeen rooms, $110 per month; eighteen 
rooms, $115 per month during school months and 
they shall receive $60 per month during vacation 
months. 

The janitor of the High School shall receive $1,800 
per year. 

The janitor of the Board rooms shall receive $65 
per month. 



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